Gallery: The World Wide Web hits 20

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• But wait...

  Al Gore said .... :)

  

  T-Rexx

  13 March, 2009 11:07

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  • ...yeah, I am confused...

    ...I thought he invented the internet.

    

    letranger66

    13 March, 2009 15:50

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• RE: (Gallery: The World Wide Web hits 20)

  This doesn't mention a think about Al Gore.

  

  dale@...

  13 March, 2009 13:53

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  • or the typewriter

    somebody put a "k" where my "g" should have gone

    

    dale@...

    13 March, 2009 13:55

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• RE: (Gallery: The World Wide Web hits 20)

  So, the first web server was a Next machine... who'd a thunk
  it?

  

  CMKRNL

  13 March, 2009 14:00

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• Boy how OS X has grown up since then.

  Neat to see the roots of OS X displayed in such favorable
  light on ZDNET. There are some aspects of the UI I really
  miss from the old NextStep/OPENSTEP days.

  

  Bruizer

  13 March, 2009 15:46

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• RE: (Gallery: The World Wide Web hits 20)

  The Internet existed before the Web. It was menu-driven, no pictures. But it was fun! Post a question and someone would answer, usually an expert in the field. Not as dangerous as it is today. Databases existed, mostly flat-file records. We've come a long way!

  

  abock

  13 March, 2009 18:01

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• I used the internet before it became the web

  usenet, uucp ftp etc... I used them all for research
  and entertainment and was awestruck even then at the
  potential. When i left my research role and went into
  IT (doubling my money) I tried to get people
  interested in the internet... rather fruitlessly "what
  will we use it for" was the cry, "we need a business
  model", "I cant see a way to make money" and on and on
  it went. Several years later when I left the company
  they were beginning to see the potential, but I was no
  longer interested in hitting my head against the wall.
  Still applies I guess

  

  walkerjian@...

  13 March, 2009 18:27

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• RE: (Gallery: The World Wide Web hits 20)

  Wow! 20 yrs ago I couldn't get my head around it. Now I can't imagine life without it.

  

  piddlypoo

  13 March, 2009 20:15

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    hardwork1

    17 October, 2011 09:46

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• RE: (Gallery: The World Wide Web hits 20)

  They called it W3 from the beginning. Why didn't we stick with that instead of calling it WWWWWWW...?
  
  P.S. Good work, ZD!

  

  DougC-3

  14 March, 2009 08:30

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• RE: (Gallery: The World Wide Web hits 20)

  I thought Al Gore Invented the WEB. What a "let down".

  

  dchenoweth@...

  16 March, 2009 13:18

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